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Swift intensive efforts were made this week to contain a Muslim-Christian crisis due to a
blasphemous article, by
a Muslim writer, about a former monk. Thousands of angry youths protested against
the article, the Government was
accused of being in collusion with the paper, Pope Shenouda...
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Mamdouh Mahran, chief
editor of the weekly al-Nabaa, claimed that a former Coptic monk had
practiced prostitution inside the
church. Mahran was highly criticized in Egyptian media and was
accused of
damaging national unity. His
article provoked angry protests by Copts in Assiut and in the main...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 8, 2006
The transcript of an interview conducted by Cornelis Hulsman with Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, in which Mūsá provides a background of his work and publications. Mūsá further describes his own experiences and confrontations with the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 22, 1997
On
August 2, 1997 the L.A Times published an alleged claim of Christians being tortured in Pakistan,
but at the
same time, nothing was mentioned about the confirmed massacres perpetrated daily by Israel,
protected by the right
of veto. On August 14, 1997, the same newspaper published an...
Date of source:
Subtitle:- Three
Christian lawyers defend the
supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood who is accused of insulting Egyptian
Christians.Last April, one of
the weekly papers published declarations that were alleged to have
been made by the supreme guide of the Muslim
Brotherhood, in which he was...
Date of source: Friday, May 26, 2006
The increasing phenomenon of
the deposition of Orthodox
priests has caused great controversy within the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, May 15, 2006
The author probes the
reasons behind the
defrocking of two priests, Father Mina Ishaq and Father Bisada Zakī.
Date of source: Sunday, May 14, 2006
A church
source explains that publishing the pictures of defrocked priests was not to
expose them but to warn other Copts
against them. Because there are no special laws specifying clergymen’s
uniforms, defrocked priests can commit
irregularities.
Date of source: Friday, May 12, 2006
The church has
given a decision stripping a priest in al-Jīza of his
priesthood after being found guilty of collecting
funds for himself in the name of the Coptic cathedral.
Date of source: Thursday, May 11, 2006
Father Bisādā Zakī, whose name at birth was Fakhrī Zakī
Fakhrī, has been defrocked and dismissed from his position at the Giza Bishopric. The Coptic Orthodox
Patriarchate has warned its followers against having future financial dealings with the defrocked priest.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.